Honoring Melendez for this transformative work using music to inspire and bring people together in the Bronx, at a time when policymakers and lawmakers could not. Through his activism, commitment to peace, knowledge and cultural understanding, this Son of Da' Bronx has demonstrated what his heroes, the Beatles, championed, "All you need is love."
Live music by Zion80, hora dance lesson, plus film screening of Hava Nagila